{{Short description|Indian social activist and human rights campaigner}} {{Infobox person | name = Shabnam Hashmi | image = Shabnam_Hashmi_Image.jpg | alt = | caption = | known_for = Draft Committee member of the "[[Communal Violence Bill]]" | occupation = Indian social activist and human rights campaigner | relatives = {{ubl|[[Safdar Hashmi]] (brother)|[[Sohail Hashmi]] (brother)|[[Saba Azad]] (niece)}} }} [[File:Shabnam Hashmi 2.jpg|thumb]] '''Shabnam Hashmi''' (born 1957<ref name="wikipeace">{{Cite web |url=http://wikipeacewomen.org/wpworg/en/?page_id=2416 |title=Shabnam Hashmi (India)}}</ref>) is an Indian social activist and [[human rights]] campaigner. She is the sister of [[Safdar Hashmi]] and [[Sohail Hashmi]]. Safdar Hashmi was a [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|communist]] playwright and director, best known for his work with [[street theatre]] in India.
== Early life == She started her social activism campaigning about [[adult literacy]] in 1981. Since 1989 she has spent most of her time in combating communal and fundamentalist forces in India. After the [[2002 Gujarat riots|Gujarat riots of 2002]], Hashmi changed her focus to grass roots work and has spent a considerable amount of time in [[Gujarat]]. In 2003 she was one of the founders of [[ANHAD]] (Act Now for Harmony and Democracy),<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mha-clips-wings-of-ngo-run-by-shabnam-hashmi/story-VOxCFhMIzBud9OMGbx78CJ.html |title=MHA clips wings of NGO run by Shabnam Hashmi |last=Ahuja |first=Rajesh |date=December 16, 2016 |newspaper=Hindustan Times }}</ref> which she administers.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/shabnam-hashmi-challenges-gujarats-claim-of-being-a-model-state/article4986206.ece |title=Shabnam Hashmi challenges Gujarat's claim of being a model State |journal=[[The Hindu]] |date=4 August 2013 |accessdate=8 December 2016}}</ref> Their FCRA license was cancelled based on for working against right-wing violence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/mha-cancels-fcra-licence-of-shabnam-hashmi-anhad-3-other-ngos.html|title=Now, Shabnam Hashmi's ANHAD, 3 other NGOs lose FCRA licence|work=theweek.in|access-date=2018-09-23|archive-date=2018-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923125715/https://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/mha-cancels-fcra-licence-of-shabnam-hashmi-anhad-3-other-ngos.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also works in [[Kashmir]], [[Bihar]] and [[Mewat]] area of [[Haryana]].
Hashmi has focused on issues of women's political participation, adoption,<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/when-it-comes-to-adoption-religion-no-bar-supreme-court-551405 |title=When it comes to adoption, religion no bar: Supreme Court |author=Sidharth Pandey |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=21 February 2014 |accessdate=8 December 2016}}</ref> gender justice, democracy and secularism.
She was awarded the Association for Communal Harmony in Asia (ACHA) Star Award for Communal Harmony in 2005, Aamil Smriti Samman in 2005 and the National Minority Rights Award 2008 by the National Minority Commission.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A CONVERSATION OF PEACE AND HARMONY |url=https://thedailyeye.info/thought-box/a-conversation-of-peace-and-harmony/f445e1f46f90956d |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=thedailyeye.info |language=en}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Peace and conflict studies|Peace and Conflict]] * [[Social Activist]] * [[Minority rights|Minority Rights]]
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